Overview

• In Bareilly, police used a lathi charge after stone pelting broke out when crowds gathered following Friday prayers, with officials later saying order was restored.
• DIG Ajay Sahni said cases have been registered and prosecutions will follow, with video, CCTV and drone footage used to identify participants.
• Authorities deployed a large contingent across the city, including about 4,700 police and PAC personnel, after cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza’s planned sit-in was denied permission and then suspended.
• PTI reported that police detained over two dozen people in Bareilly, while Gujarat police detained around 60 after overnight clashes in Gandhinagar district linked to the row.
• Leaders weighed in as AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi defended the slogan under religious-freedom rights, while officials reiterated that permissions and route rules govern public displays and processions.